Word: patriots
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. William Collier, 77, veteran actor and playwright; of pneumonia; in Beverly Hills, Calif. His best-known roles, in 35 years, were in Hoss and Hoss, Nothing But the Truth, The Patriot...
Some people think the war is almost over. They have some reason to think so, no matter how unwilling they are to let themselves get complacent. When four once-bustling small arms & ammunition plants closed down a fortnight ago, many a patriot took note. Did that mean that the U.S. now has enough rifles, enough bullets already on hand with which to kill the last Nazi, the last Jap? What else could it mean...
...Navy reiterated its demand for 96 class days a term, however, and the college finally decided to abandon all one-day holidays in the face of possible reductions of between term or Christmas vacations. Tests will be scheduled for Washington's Birthday, while classes will be held on Patriot's Day and the Fourth of July...
...hard-worked committee, our raise is enough. To help the committee along, Pennsylvania's Representative J. Buell Snyder reported that the Army & Navy are ready to cut current expenditures by a whopping $18 billion. That enormous whack took a great deal of sting out of many a patriot's desire to pay lots more taxes this year...
Badoglio was turned down by Sforza, by Croce, and by Dr. Orangio Ruiz, chairman of the Fronte Nazionale di Liberazione, which includes the six patriot and "opposition" parties. The meaning seemed clear: the King must go. That was the Marshal's message when he returned to the King's villa...